ebbs

• But at such times when my guilt ebbs, I do not share the Astronomer's grief, for I heard Forth's shouts of delight echoing between the stars. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 01 - January 2002
• The only sound that breaks the drowsy stillness of the hour is the rippling of the glaring river as it ebbs or flows under the steaming banks. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
• If the economy ebbs, the market will put itself right by punishing wrong-doers. —  Energy Bulletin -
• He made his international debut in the mid-1980s, when the Australian team was at one of their lowest ebbs, and helped transform the side into a cricket powerhouse. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
• As news coverage of Darfur's horrors again ebbs, as regional rains reach their heaviest in a deadly season known as the "hunger gap," the regime in Khartoum appears to have outwaited the international community. —  The Quaker Agitator

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